Macduff

In 1958, the Macduff distillery was founded opposite Banff, by a syndicate under the name of Macduff Distillers Ltd, the group included George Crawford, Brodie Hepburn, James Stirret and Morty Dyke. A couple of years later production commenced and, over the course of the 1960s, further stills were installed, bringing the total to four. The Macduff distillery draws its waters from the Gelly Burn and lies on the east bank of the River Deveron in Banffshire. During the 1960s, Scotch whisky exportation increased threefold.

In 1972, William Lawson Distillers acquired the distillery and eight years later they, in turn, were acquired by Martini Rossi. During William Lawson’s tenure, they established Macduff as a component of the William Lawson blend, a very popular Scotch whisky which sells in excess of fifteen million bottles yearly. Indeed, Macduff whisky has long since been used as a blending product. Despite this, Macduff is still bottled as a single malt, though sometimes under the name Glen Deveron.

Just fewer than half a million bottles of single malt whisky are released from the distillery each year and the majority are exported to France. In 1990, a further still was added, bringing the total to five. Five is a rather unusual number of stills, indeed there is only one other distillery with a combination of two wash and three spirit stills, namely the Talisker distillery on the Isle of Skye. The Macduff distillery is currently under Bacardi ownership following their acquisition of Martini Rossi in 1992. Bacardi subsequently transferred the distillery to John Dewar and Sons.

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About Macduff Whisky Distillery

Distillery Number

01261 812612

Distillery Founded

1958

Distillery Capacity

3 200 000 litres

Distillery Status

Active

Distillery Address

Banff, Aberdeenshire AB45 3JT

Distillery Owner

John Dewar & Sons Ltd

1958

The distillery is founded by Morty Dyke, George Crawford, James Stirret and Brodie Hepburn (who is also involved in Tullibardine and Deanston) and construction starts. Macduff Distillers Ltd is the name of the company.

1960

Construction of the distillery is complete and the first cask filling begins in June.

1965

The number of stills is increased from two to three.

1967

Stills now total four.

1972

William Lawson Distillers buys the distillery from Glendeveron Distilleries.

1980

William Lawson is bought by Martini Rossi through the subsidiary General Beverage Corporation.

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This sweet, spicy single malt was distilled by Macduff in December 1999 and left to age in a refill butt until May 2014. At 14 years of age, Douglas Laing decided this sweetly spiced single malt could... More info

An Octave bottling of Macduff single malt Scotch whisky, distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2014. The Octave range from Duncan Taylor features whiskies which have been finished in tiny Octave casks... More info

From the Pearls of Scotland range of independently bottled whiskies comes this single cask Macduff single malt. Cask #5232 was laid down in Autumn 1997 and opened up in Autumn of 2013, producing 300... More info

This is a 21 year old Macduff single malt Scotch whisky, bottled by Hunter Laing for their Old Malt Cask series. Only 262 bottles of this brilliant malt from cask 9909 were produced, with no chill... More info

A terrific Tantalus bottling of 45 year old Macduff single malt Scotch whisky, drawn from cask #4458. It was distilled back in 1968 and matured for 2 score and 5 years (45 years if you're not Abraham... More info

This is a rather interesting single malt from the Macduff distillery, distilled in 1985 and aged for 5 years before bottling under the name "Glen Deveron". It was exported for the Spanish market by... More info

A Wemyss bottling of Macduff single malt, which was distilled in 2002, matured in a single butt and bottled in 2013 with an outturn of 854 bottles. While most Wemyss bottlings are named after food... More info

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This delightfully zesty Speyside expression was distilled in September 1997 with 312 bottles being, erm... bottled, in July 2013. With sweet and zingy notes that start on the nose and continue... More info

A 15 year old Macduff finished in tiny octave casks. The greater surface to volume ratio in the smaller casks leads to faster interaction between wood, liquid and air. part of an excellent range from... More info

Distilled at Macduff in 1998 and aged for 15 years, including 15 months spent in an ex-sherrywood octave cask for more interaction between the wood and the whisky, this Duncan Taylor release is really... More info

This was distilled at the Macduff distillery on the 3rd March 1995. It was aged for 16 years in hogshead number 7867 before bottling by Signatory for their Cask Strength Collection on the 9th January... More info

Distilled in June 1997 and bottled in November 2013, this Signatory-bottled Macduff single malt is a delicious expression of 16 year old whisky. It came from two consecutive casks (4077 & 4078) and... More info

This 17 year old Macduff was bottled as part of Signatory's very popular Cask Strength Collection, all of which come presented in rather dashing presentation tins. This particular edition was... More info

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